This directory contains files that are relevant to the the addition of charts to a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.

The files are as follows:

    charts.txt      Explanation of how to include externally generated
                    charts in a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.

    charts.pod      Same as the above in Pod format.

    chartex.pl*     A utility to extract charts from an Excel file.

    demo1.pl        A demo of a line chart.
    demo2.pl        A demo of a pie chart.
    demo3.pl        A demo of a Open-High-Low-Close stock chart.
    demo4.pl        A demo of a Open-High-Low-Close stock chart (embedded).
    demo5.pl        A demo of a line chart (embedded).

    Chart1.xls      A template for use with demo1.pl.
    Chart2.xls      A template for use with demo2.pl.
    Chart3.xls      A template for use with demo3.pl.
    Chart4.xls      A template for use with demo4.pl.
    Chart5.xls      A template for use with demo5.pl.

    * If you performed a normal installation then the chartex utility
      should be installed to your 'somepath/perl/bin' directory and
      should be available from the command line.


You can run the examples as follows:

    perl chartex.pl -c=demo1 Chart1.xls
    perl demo1.pl

    perl chartex.pl -c=demo2 Chart2.xls
    perl demo2.pl

    perl chartex.pl -c=demo3 Chart3.xls
    perl demo3.pl

    perl chartex.pl -c=demo4 Chart4.xls
    perl demo4.pl

    perl chartex.pl -c=demo5 Chart5.xls
    perl demo5.pl


See charts.txt for further details of how to include externally generated charts in a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.